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The 2013 Bullpen

How do you see the bullpen on Opening Day? I know guys will be getting shuffled in and out throughout the season, but I'm just talking about coming out of Spring Training. There seems to be a surplus of relievers, making it a little confusing.

I agree with RST - if Bailey can demonstrate health in ST, he's a goner.

Aceves is too good to deal as damaged goods.

Pending no more SP's added, I expect Morales to be the long man/spot starter, but as soon as one of the top 5 go down, Morales will get the call as the #5 SP.

6/27/09: “We expect [Rondo] to play by the rules and be a leader as a point guard. We need him to be more of a leader,” Ainge said. “There were just a couple situations where he was late this year, I don’t know if he was sitting in his car, but showed up late and the rest of the team was there. We have team rules and you have to be on time. He was fined for being late, he said he was stuck in traffic, and it’s just unacceptable.”

With the deepest of regrets I am announcing that I will be leaving Pro Sports Daily. No reason in particular but wanted to thank everyone for a great 6 years here. Lots of great discussion and good poll series as well. Also fun re-drafts. Best of luck to you all in the future.

I agree with RST - if Bailey can demonstrate health in ST, he's a goner.

Aceves is too good to deal as damaged goods.

Pending no more SP's added, I expect Morales to be the long man/spot starter, but as soon as one of the top 5 go down, Morales will get the call as the #5 SP.

If one of the starters is going to be out more than 2 weeks I'm putting money on De La Rosa coming up. This call is part gut, partly based on his MLB experience, and partly based on the propaganda pieces (e.g., connecting him to Pedro & Ramon Martinez, claims he's learned Pedro's change) popping up. Feels like our expectations are being managed in that direction.

"He looks good. He’s definitely been ready with his throwing program. You can tell he’s absolutely been working really hard with that, with the arm strength. He told us he’s been throwing for quite a while and it shows. Really quick arm, ball is jumping out. He’s aggressive and confident with that throwing program. He’s mixing in some of his off-speed [pitches] at this point, getting a feel for it. It looks like he’s ready to compete.

"From a long-toss standpoint, he looks strong and he looks healthy. Physically he’s made progress from when we first acquired him in the trade. We’re going in the right direction."